Sanitary container.



E. E. McFARLAND.

SANITARY CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 3. I915.

Patented Oct 26, 1915.

WM MM INTO/ NEX- I, f M M l l j ELMER ELLSWORTH IVIQFARLAND, F DAYTON, QHIO.

SANITARY CONTAINER.

Application filed April 3, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, ELMER ELLSWORTH MCFARLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sanitary ,Containers, of which the following is a specification.

- a This invention relates to new and useful improvements in sanitary containers.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, light, efiicient and waterproof container for milk, oysters, ice cream and other liquids, semi-liquids and solids. The container may be made of paper or other light but firm material, is'sanitary in every re-.

spect and is designed to be cheaply manufactured.

The preferred forms of embodiment of my invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a perspective view of thecontainer. Fig. 2 is a sectional View of a preferred form of cover or lid therefor, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the body portion provided with a reinforcing wire at the top, and a paper bottom pasted or glued inposition.

- Throughout the specification and drawings,-similar reference characters denote corresponding arts. 4

Referringfto Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the numeral 1 designate the body portion of a container which comprises 'a preferably cylindrical tube made of paper or other equivalent material. This container may be made ofany desired size by coiling or folding a paper or equivalent blank of the required width and length, one or more times, and then uniting the sectionsof'the wall formed, in

any suitable manner. The upper end of the tube 1 is turned tightly about an annular reinforcing wire 2, terminating ina flat flange '3 which is pasted or otherwise secured to the wall of said tube. and efiicient rim for the container.

Removably secured to the upper end of the container 1, is a disk shaped cover 4, preferably constructed of tin. The outer edge of said cover is humped or bent in an inverted U shape, to form an annular collar 5 which fits over the reinforced upper edge of the said container, the outer lower edge Specification of Letters Patent.

This makes a neat, rigid v Patented oet. 2c, leis.

Serial No. 18,869.

of the collar terminating in a curled portion 6. The faces of the collar 5 are tapered outwardly to enable the cover 4 to more thoroughly seal the upper end of the container when in place thereon. This cover forms an eificient and. sanitary substitute for those which must be pried off to open the container, permitting dirt and other foreign previously applied to the latter. It is thus seen that this flange construction forms a firm and waterproof support for the bottom 7. My improved sanitary container may be manufactured at such a low cost as to bring it within the means of anyone who dispenses milk, oysters, ice cream and other like liquids, semi-liquids and solids.

I do not wish tobe limited to the details 'of construction and arrangement herein shown and described, as the same may be varied within the scope of the subjoined claim. I

Having described my invention, I claim A sanitary containercomprising a tubular paper body portion, the upper end thereof being bent upon itself to form a firm annular rim, an annular reinforcing wire embraced between the turned-over portion and wall of the-body portion of said container, and a disk-shaped metallic cover whose outer annular edge is bent in an inverted U shape to snugly fit the reinforced rim of the body portion of said container, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of April, 1915.

I ELMER ELLSWORTH MGEARLAND.

Witnesses:

HOWARD S. SMITH, GEORGE H. SNYDER. 

